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A Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) is part of the
Naval Sea Systems Command
The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) is the largest of the United States Navy's five "systems commands," or materiel (not to be confused with "material") organizations. From a physical perspective, NAVSEA has four shipyards for shipbuilding, c ...
(NAVSEA) operated by the
United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...
. NAVSEA Warfare Centers supply the technical operations, people, technology, engineering services and products needed to equip and support the Fleet and meet the warfighter's needs. The Warfare Centers are the Navy's principal Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) assessment activity for surface ship and submarine systems and subsystems. Additionally, the Warfare Centers provide depot maintenance and In-Service Engineering support to ensure that the systems fielded today perform consistently and reliably in the future.
NAVSEA currently operates eight Surface Warfare Centers;
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NSWC Carderock, Maryland
* NSWC Corona, California
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NSWC Crane, Indiana
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NSWC Dahlgren, Virginia
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NSWC Indian Head, Maryland
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NSWC Panama City, Florida
* NSWC Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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NSWC Port Hueneme, California
NAVSEA also operates two
Undersea Warfare Centers;
* NUWC Washington
* NUWC Newport, Rhode Island
The largest of the Navy's five systems commands, NAVSEA engineers build and support America's Fleet of ships and combat systems. Accounting for nearly one-fifth of the Navy's budget, NAVSEA manages more than 150 acquisition programs and has more than 53,000 civilian and military employees at 33 activities in 16 states.
See also
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Joint Expeditionary Forensics Facilities The Joint Expeditionary Forensics Facilities, or (JEFF), program provides crime scene investigation forensic science to the US military as a method to identify insurgents during counter-insurgency operations.
The first battlefield forensics lab wa ...
, which are run from the Dahlgren Division.
References
External links
NSWC official websiteNSWC Corona Division
United States Navy organization
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